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THE W-P-A
AMERICANIZATION
AND
CITIZENSHIP
PROGRAM
THE FOREIGN-BORN
who wish to leam
our language,
our laws,
our liberties—
who wish to know
the principles of our
Constitution
and our Government
so as to become
NATURALIZED CITIZENS
of the United States
and
good citizens
of their own communities—
are given the opportunity
to learn all these things
in the
AMERICANIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP
CLASSES
of the
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION.
These WPA classes
are held in almost every
community in the nation.
The largest enrollments
are in
New Tork, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
California, Michigan, Texas,
New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Ohio.
In WPA citizenship classes
the foreign-born
are taught
how to read, write and speak
the Ehglish language.
They are taught their rights
under the Constitution
and their duties as citizens.
They are taught the
important facts of our history,
and they learn
how our Federal Government
operates
and how
the State and local
governments operate.
They leam the way
our laws are made and enforced,
and they learn about
the Supreme Court.
These are subjects that must be
studied by those who wish
to become citizens.
The foreign-born
learn other things, too,
in these WPA classes.
They leam
our American customs and
our American ideals.
Ihey leam
to outgrow old nationalistic
loyalties and prejudices.
They leam Americanism
in daily practice—
in work, discussion and recreation
with their classmates.
Ihey become friends with
their neighbors from other lands.
The students are taught
in terms of adult thought,
rather than with
children's primers.
A new set of books
written especially for the
foreigp-bom students
has been provided by WPA writers
and teachers and is used in
WPA citizenship classes.
So the students
leam: "This is a Democracy"
instead of "I see a cat."
Ihey leam:
"I am free." — "I have a job."
They leam about things
related to their own adult lives.
Ihey enjoy themselves
while they are learning to become
GOOD AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Nearly a quarter of a Billion
of our foreign-bom people
have become American citizens
after studying in
WPA CITIZENSHIP CLASSES.
There are
over 120,000 persons
enrolled in these classes today.
WPA citizenship classes
are a part of
the Adult Education Program
of.the WPA.
"America is and always has been
a country of many strains drawn
from all over the world—and we
should make this diversity the
basis of a culture and civilization
greater than any the world has
ever known."
—Louis Adamic
Author and
naturalized American
Whether you are
foreign-born or native-born
you are welcome
in the Americanization
and citizenship classes
of the WPA.
-Find out
if there is a class
in your neighborhood.
If you wish to join
A WPA CITIZENSHIP CLASS
find out
through the
WPA headquarters
in your own locality or State
where classes are held
near you.
Or write to
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
1734 New York Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
U. S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941—0-324945